दीक्षा

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीक्षा (dīkṣā).

Noun

दीक्षा • (dīkṣā) f

1. diksha, initiation (particularly of a religious nature)
   • 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा :

     मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।

     mātāpitā mokalāvī pāṃca saïṃ kṣitrīe anaï sarasvatī bahina sahita dīkṣā līdhī.

     (His) parents sent him off; together with five hundred kshatriyas and (his) sister Sarasvati he took diksha.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দীক্ষা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬷᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• দীক্ষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰱𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒီက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
• દીક્ષા (Gujarati script)
• ਦੀਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦷꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂲𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದೀಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
• ទីក្ឞា (Khmer script)
• ທີກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
• ദീക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᡳᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠢᢉᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧓𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐷𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦୀକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢷꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆵𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖱𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දීක්‍ෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚯𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
• தீ³க்ஷா (Tamil script)
• దీక్షా (Telugu script)
• ทีกฺษา (Thai script)
• དཱི་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒲𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root दीक्ष् (dīkṣ, “to consecrate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to offer”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /diːk.ʂɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪iːk.ʂɑː/

Noun

दीक्षा • (dīkṣā́) stem, f

1. consecration, initiation
2. any serious preparation (as for battle)
3. dedication, self-devotion
4. a diksha

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दीक्षा (dīkṣā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दीक्षा dīkṣā	दीक्षे dīkṣe	दीक्षाः dīkṣāḥ
Vocative	दीक्षे dīkṣe	दीक्षे dīkṣe	दीक्षाः dīkṣāḥ
Accusative	दीक्षाम् dīkṣām	दीक्षे dīkṣe	दीक्षाः dīkṣāḥ
Instrumental	दीक्षया / दीक्षा¹ dīkṣayā / dīkṣā¹	दीक्षाभ्याम् dīkṣābhyām	दीक्षाभिः dīkṣābhiḥ
Dative	दीक्षायै dīkṣāyai	दीक्षाभ्याम् dīkṣābhyām	दीक्षाभ्यः dīkṣābhyaḥ
Ablative	दीक्षायाः / दीक्षायै² dīkṣāyāḥ / dīkṣāyai²	दीक्षाभ्याम् dīkṣābhyām	दीक्षाभ्यः dīkṣābhyaḥ
Genitive	दीक्षायाः / दीक्षायै² dīkṣāyāḥ / dīkṣāyai²	दीक्षयोः dīkṣayoḥ	दीक्षाणाम् dīkṣāṇām
Locative	दीक्षायाम् dīkṣāyām	दीक्षयोः dīkṣayoḥ	दीक्षासु dīkṣāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दीक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0480.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दीक्षा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 074
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दीक्षा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 109
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0189, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0189